Budget for 2021-22 to steer its course.India, which had in 2019 overtaken the UK to become the fifth-largest economy in the world, was knocked off course somewhat due to the carnage that the pandemic and the ensuing strict lockdown unleashed -- businesses were shut, consumption slumped, investments took a hit and jobs were lost.Also Read | Investing during all-time highs can be good strategyThe combined effect being that the economy got relegated to the sixth spot in 2020.The Budget for the next fiscal starting April 2021 that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a month from now will be the starting point for picking up the pieces after the economic destruction.The government's spending plans particularly on infrastructure and.